Tunesday with George

Best of 2011 time....

Ryman at the Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville, NC

but first, two free gifts from me. (OK, only one is free now that Daytrotter charges a monthly fee of $2). We are giving away a three-song download of new Ponderosa songs for a limited time, get yours here:

FREE PONDEROSA (Mrs. Fonty Note: Tellin' Lies will knock your socks off)
and their Daytrotter session, which was recorded over a year ago, is now up


Now on to my favorite albums of the year, in alphabetical order:

A.A. Bondy -- Believers (probably my overall favorite, and the first alphabetically)

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears -- Scandalous

Cary Ann Hearst -- Lions And Lambs

Dawes -- Nothing Is Wrong

Gillian Welch -- The Harrow & The Harvest

The Head And The Heart -- The Head And The Heart

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit -- Here We Rest

Jonathan Wilson -- Gentle Spirit

Jonny Corndawg -- Down On The Bikini Line

Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell (Kort) -- Invariable Heartache

Middle Brother -- Middle Brother

Ponderosa -- Moonlight Revival

Robert Ellis -- Photographs

Ryan Adams -- Ashes & Fire

Steve Earle -- I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Wilco -- The Whole Love